Turbine-engine.



PATENTED MAY 10, 1904. W. WYAND. TURBINE ENGINE.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 15 1903.

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BY my Attorney it w No. 759,584. p PatentedMay 10, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WVTLLIAM WYAND, OF OOLLINGSWVOOD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE WYAND-SOMERS-MOORE PATENT DEVELOPING COMPANY, OF COL- LINGSWOOD, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

TURBINE-ENGINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,584, dated. May 10, 1904.

Application filed September 15, 1903. Serial No. 173,327- (NO OdBL) T whom y 00111067"! has radial holes f, connecting the passage 0' Be it known thatI, WILLIAMWYAND, acitiwith the cylinder A, and radial holes f" in zen of the United States, residing at Collingsits end portion which comes inside the cylinwood, in the county of Camden and State of der B.

5 New Jersey, have invented certain new and Gr represents two circumferential steamusefull mprovementsin Turbine-Engines;and chambers arranged one at each side of the l'do hereby declare the following to be a full, cylinder A, near its periphery, and these two 55 clear, and exact description of the invention, chambers are constantly in communication such as willenable others skilled in the art to with the steam-inlet passage a, as shown in I which it appertains to make and use the same. Fig. 1. These chambers G have facing rings This invention relates to steam turbine-eng, which are provided with inclined holes or gines; and it consists in the novel construction jets 9, through which the steam passes to the 60 and combination of the parts hereinafter fully high-pressure wheel. described and claimed. H represents abutment-plates placed inside 5 In the drawings, Figure l isavertical longithe periphery of the cylinder A at intervals. tudinal section through the engine. Fig. 2 is 1 is the high-pressure-steam wheel, which a detail plan View of a portion of the highis secured upon one end portion of the shaft 5 pressure wheel, showing portions of the cyl- E inside the cylinder A and which runs in inder in section. Fig. 3 is a detail side view of steam-tight contact with the two facing rings a portion'of the high-pressure wheel, showing 9. V-shaped chambers '15 are formed in the a portion of the cylinder in section. Fig. 4 wheel I between the two facing plates and exis a detail plan View of a portion of the lowtend in a series all around the wheel. 7 pressure Wheel, showing portions ofits cyl- J is a ring which forms the periphery of inder in section. Figure 5is adetail side view the wheel and which revolves with it. This 5 of a portion of the low-pressure wheel, partly ring has a series of inclined jet-holes j at its in section, and showing also a portion of its middle part, so that the steam in the chambers cylinder. c' may pass outward and impinge against the 75 A is the high-pressure cylinder or casing, abutment-plates H. provided with an inlet-passage a for high- Kis the low-pressure-steam wheel, which is 3 pressure steam. secured on the other end portion of the shaft B is the low-pressure cylinder or casing, E inside the cylinder B. This wheel K has an provided with an outlet or exhaust passage b. internal chamber it, which is constantly i11 O is a tubular distance-piece which connects communication with the holesf of the enginethe cylinders A and B, and c is a bearingshaft, and this chamber Z: is provided with rabush which is inserted in the said distancedial partition-plates it, which divide it into piece. Each cylinder is formed in two parts, communicating sections. which are provided with flanges Z) and suit- V-shaped chambers m are formed in the 5 able bolts, so that the halves of the cylinders wheel K and extend in a series all around it. may be secured together and so that the tur- These chambers have holes m in their bot- 4 bine-wheels may be placed in their respective toms which place them in constant communicylinders. The high-pressure cylinder also cation with the internal chamber A). has a bearing-bossD on one side, which is pro N is a ring, which forms the periphery of 9 vided with a bearing-bush (Z. the wheel K and which also forms a cover for E is the engine-shaft, which is journaled in all the chambers m. Abutment-plates p are the bearing-bushes c and d, and e is a steamprovided upon the sides of the cylinder B in passage formed longitudinally in the shaft E line with the side openings of the chambers m. and extending through that portion of it be These abutment-plates are arranged at suittween the two said cylinders. The shaft E also able distances apart.

The two cylinders are secured to any suitable foundation and remain stationary while the engine is at work.

High-pressure steam is admitted to the cylinder A through the inlet-passage and passes into the two chambers G, thence through the inclined jet-holes 'into the chambers z'. The jets of steam revolve the wheel by impact against the bottoms or pointed portions of the chambers and also by impact against the abutmerit-plates, against which they impinge after passing through the holes 7'. After the steam has impinged upon the abutment-plates H it passes from the cylinder Athrough the holes f, the passage e, and the holes f into the chamber 7c of the low-pressure wheel B. The steam then expands further inside the low-pressure Wheel and impinges against the abutmentplates p in its passage from the chambers m of the low-pressure wheel to the exhaust-passage of the low-pressure cylinder, and in this manner the driving-shaft of the engine is revolved continuously.-

What I claim is 1. In a turbine-engine, the combination, with a high-pressure wheel having chambers at its periphery, a shaft having the said wheel secured on it and provided with a longitudinal steam-passage, and a low-pressure wheel also secured on the said shaft and provided with chambers at its periphery and passages between the said chambers and the said steampassage; of a cylinder forthe said high-pressure wheel provided with a steam-inlet passage at'its periphery for admitting steam direct to the said chambers of the high-pressure wheel, the exhaust-space of the said cylinder being connected with the said longitudinal steam-passage, a cylinder for the said lowpressure Wheel provided with a steam-outlet, and a distance-piece arranged between the said cylinders andforming a bearing for the said shaft.

2. In a turbine-engine, the combination,

with a high-pressure cylinder, a low-pressure cylinder, and a distance-piece between the two said cylinders, said cylinders being formed in halves and the distance-piece being formed integral with the adjacent halves of the said cylinders; of a shaft journaled in the said distance-piece and provided with a longitudinal passage, a high-pressure wheel and a lowpressure wheel secured on the said shaft inside the respective cylinders, said Wheels and cylinders being provided with suitable steamchambers and passages which communicate with the said passage in the said shaft.

3. In a turbine-engine, the combination, with a high-pressure cylinder provided with circumferential steam-inlet chambers at its sides having inclined jet-holes, and abutmentplates at its periphery between the said chambers; of a wheel journaled in the said cylinder and provided with a series of V-shaped chambers which communicate with the said jet-holes, said Wheel having also a series of inclined jet-holes which conduct the steam from the said V-shaped chambers to the said abutment-plates.

4:. In a turbine-engine, the combination, with a low-pressure cylinder provided with abutment-plates at its sides; of a shaft projecting within thesaid cylinder and provided with a longitudinal steam-passage, a low-pressure wheel secured on the said shaft and provided with an internal chamber communicating with the said steam-passage, and a series of V-shaped chambers arranged between the abutment-plates and communicating with the said internal chamber, and means for exhausting the steam from the said low-pressure cylinder.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM WYAND.

Witnesses:

T. G. GoULTER, K. L. BABCOCK. 

